03/09/2026
WOW! What a blessing and honour to be named a finalist for the Emerging Kingdom Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 at the Australian Christian Business Awards!
As I reflect on this moment, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for God's faithfulness 😭🙌🏻
Even though we are celebrating our 4th Birthday (Wooow what a gift, hehe Thank You Jesus) Alabaster Boutique was placed on my heart 6 years ago... When God gave me the vision and blueprint on told me to prayerfully and lightly hold onto it until it was His time to launch. The past 6 years have been filled with challenges, stretching, growth, and countless moments that required alot of faith...Yet through it all, one thing has remained constant: Jesus! His unwavering love, guidance, strength, wisdom, counsel, grace, mercy, joy, and provision is what kept me and what keeps me going. Every step of this journey is a testimony to His goodness.🙌🏻 All Glory to You Jesus!!
A huge thank you to the wonderful person who nominated me 🥹🤗 Your continual love, prayers and support means sooo much!! Thank you to the Australian Christian Business Awards team, and the guest judges Farid and Wez for selecting Alabaster Boutique as one of this year's finalists.
I am so grateful and excited to continue pioneering, building, and stewarding the blueprint God has entrusted to me.
Celebrating all that God has done and all that He continues to do through Kingdom businesses across Australia. 🙌
🏆 Celebrating our Emerging Kingdom Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 Finalists!
This award celebrates a business owner or leader early in their entrepreneurial journey but already walking in bold obedience - someone who said yes to what God placed in their hands and is building with faith, courage and conviction, even while still finding their footing. It's about posture: the willingness to step out in excellence, take the risk, and trust God with the outcome.
Nicholas Eldridge - Ridge Mobile Mechanics
Nick built Ridge Mobile Mechanics from the ground up in Adelaide, earning a reputation for honest, reliable service - the kind of everyday faithfulness in a trade that quietly reflects excellence and integrity.
Sofia Nicotra - For The Glory
Sofia co-founded For The Glory in 2024, a Christian music company and podcast built to empower and equip the next generation of Christians in the music industry - a bold step taken early, and already gaining real momentum.
Luiz Andres - Luiz Andres Studio Media
Luiz is the eye and heart behind LA Studio in Sydney, a photography and videography business built around capturing life's most meaningful moments in a cinematic, story-driven way.
Michelle-Anna Williams - Alabaster Boutique
Michelle-Anna leads Alabaster Boutique as a faithful steward of Kingdom vision, partnering with ministries and ground-up movements advancing God's heart across Australia and beyond - building a business that sows into something bigger than itself from day one.
Four different starting points, one shared posture: saying yes to God, even before all the answers are in.
Congratulations to all our finalists.
Thank you to our guest judges for this category, Farid L Zaki and Wez Hone, for your discernment in spotting Kingdom potential in its earliest stages.
